rightward

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US/ˈɹaɪtwɚd/UK/ˈɹaɪtwəd/

adjective

To or from the right.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiverightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

comparative more rightward · superlative most rightward

  1. To or from the right.

    This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.

    2012, Catherine M. Otto, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, →ISBN, page 191
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    Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”

    2023 September 12, Paul Glader, “Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk”, in CNN
adverbrightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

comparative more rightward · superlative most rightward

  1. To or from the right.

    Most polls give the left, divided between Socialists, ecologists and far-left parties, less than 30 percent of the vote in a France drifting rightward. The once-proud “gauche” is in tatters.

    2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Englishright
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. Englishrightward

From right + -ward.

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Cite this entry
APA

rightward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rightward

MLA

“rightward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rightward. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rightward,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rightward.

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